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If your small business produces audio CDs, encrypt them by adding copy protection. This can prevent others from copying your audio CDs and using those copies without paying for them. This low-level method of encrypting a CD leaves it playable, whereas a more traditional encryption process of the entire audio CD leaves the CD unplayable except on devices where users can enter a password, which limits the CD's use.

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Download, install and launch a program that creates the ISO for the copy-protected CD by adding dummy tracks to the audio ISO, making the CD appear supersized at 900MB. Programs for this process include TZCopy Protection, WinLock and CD-Protector (links in Resources).

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Click the option for creating a protected audio CD ISO. This opens a window where you populate your CD with tracks of music using audio files from your PC. Use the browser window in the burner to navigate to the directory containing the audio files you wish to use, then drag and drop those files onto the burn side of the browser window. The software converts the audio files into tracks, filling up your CD as you continue to drag over the audio files. Press the “Next” button.

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Larry Simmons is a freelance writer and expert in the fusion of computer technology and business. He has a B.S. in economics, an M.S. in information systems, an M.S. in communications technology, as well as significant work towards an M.B.A. in finance. He's published several hundred articles with Demand Studios.

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